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31 .Nm dwarf_object_finish
32 .Nd free resources associated with a debug descriptor
38 .Fn dwarf_finish "Dwarf_Debug dbg" "Dwarf_Error *err"
40 .Fn dwarf_object_finish "Dwarf_Debug dbg" "Dwarf_Error *err"
45 .Fn dwarf_object_finish
46 functions are used to release the resources associated with a debug
47 descriptor allocated by a prior call to
50 .Xr dwarf_object_init 3
60 will be used to record error information in case of an error.
65 .Fn dwarf_object_finish ,
68 will be invalid and should not be used further.
72 descriptors opened using
74 the application would need to explicitly release the
76 instance associated with the descriptor by first retrieving
82 These functions return
85 In case of an error, the functions return
87 and record additional information in argument
92 instance allocated using
95 .Bd -literal -offset indent
99 if (dwarf_finish(dbg, &de) != DW_DLV_OK)
100 errx(EXIT_FAILURE, "dwarf_finish: %s", dwarf_errmsg(de));
105 instance allocated using
106 .Xr dwarf_object_init 3
108 .Bd -literal -offset indent
112 if (dwarf_object_finish(dbg, &de) != DW_DLV_OK)
113 errx(EXIT_FAILURE, "dwarf_object_finish: %s",
119 instance allocated using
122 .Bd -literal -offset indent
127 if (dwarf_get_elf(dbg, &e, &de) != DW_DLV_OK)
128 errx(EXIT_FAILURE, "dwarf_get_elf: %s", dwarf_errmsg(&de));
130 if (dwarf_finish(dbg, &de) != DW_DLV_OK)
131 errx(EXIT_FAILURE, "dwarf_finish: %s", dwarf_errmsg(de));
136 .Xr dwarf_elf_init 3 ,
137 .Xr dwarf_get_elf 3 ,
139 .Xr dwarf_object_init 3 ,